When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

Chapter 302 Meeting with the leader, passionate speech
Qin Province, with its capital Tangdu, is located in the hinterland of China, bordering eight provinces. The terrain is high in the north and south and low in the middle. It is composed of a variety of landforms such as plateaus, mountains, plains and basins. The Loess Plateau occupies 40% of the province's land area, spanning two major water systems and three climatic zones.

As of 2014, Qin Province had a permanent population of million, with an annual GDP of approximately trillion yuan, an increase of approximately % over the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was more than billion yuan, accounting for % of the GDP, the added value of the secondary industry was more than billion yuan, an increase of about %, accounting for about % of the total value, the added value of the tertiary industry was approximately more than billion yuan, an increase of %, accounting for about % of the total value, and the per capita GDP was approximately more than yuan, an increase of more than % over the previous year.

These data were originally supposed to be released in March 2015, but several major leaders of Qin Province had already known this information.

This data is not bad, but it is definitely not good either.

Compared with the south, the data is much worse, but if compared with several provinces in the northwest, the data looks much better.

If this performance increase were placed in the past, it would indeed be a good result.

However, the leaders of Qin Province are no longer satisfied.

Serving as an official for one term brings benefit to one party.

As the leader of a place, naturally no one would want the place he is in charge to not develop well.

Therefore, when Xu Songyao brought Wang Donglai's information to the compound, he was able to meet the top leader in person.

Originally, the meeting time was only a dozen minutes, but it ended up being an in-depth conversation that lasted two hours.

The result of the conversation was very good. The reason why Tangdu Jiaotong University was able to be so tough this time was because of the support of Qin Province Compound.

The reason for supporting Tangdu Jiaotong University is very simple.

Wang Dong is coming!
If you are just an ordinary academic researcher, even if you have proved a difficult mathematical problem in the world, it will only mean that to a politician or a province.

But add to that a promising business and the patent holder for a technology that could change the battery industry in the coming years.

The importance is naturally different.

So, when Wang Donglai got off the plane.

Before I even left the airport, I was picked up directly at the airport by a black official car.

There were two other people in the car besides the driver.

"Director Bai, this is Wang Donglai, who developed the lithium-sulfur battery."

As soon as Wang Donglai got in the car, Xu Songyao introduced him to Director Bai.

Director Bai also responded with a smile: "Professor Wang, the lithium-sulfur battery you developed is really amazing!"

Wang Donglai was also a little surprised. He was shocked when he saw the license plate of this official car.

Qin A·00001
He knew very well what this license plate meant.

Being able to appear inside the airport is not a problem at all.

It can be said that this car can go to 99.9% of the places in the province without any problems.

And in the car, there was also Director Bai, the chief secretary, which immediately made Wang Donglai take the matter more seriously.

At this moment, facing Director Bai's praise, Wang Donglai said politely: "Director Bai, you are polite. I just developed it ahead of time. This achievement was made by standing on the shoulders of predecessors of all generations."

Director Bai smiled and nodded, and said kindly, "Professor Wang, why don't you take a rest first."

Hear the string song and know its elegant meaning!

Hearing this, Wang Donglai immediately realized that Director Bai was reminding him in a friendly manner.

He nodded, and at the same time, Xu Songyao handed Wang Donglai a document.

It was the document that Wang Donglai had written before.

After taking the documents, Wang Donglai began to make preparations.

In fact, Wang Donglai had already anticipated Qin Province’s reaction.

The country has long made no secret of its support for the new energy industry. It has issued a lot of policies and spent a lot of real money.

Qin Province held a meeting some time ago and expressed its willingness to develop new energy.

Even a seminar on new energy technology exchange was held.

As a local company in Qin Province, Galaxy Technology also received a lot of preferential conditions from Tangdu.

However, no one probably expected that such a short period of time had passed.

Before the land that Tangdu promised to prepare for Galaxy Technology was even ready, Wang Donglai had already developed the lithium-sulfur battery.

This speed of research and development also disrupted some of Qin Province's plans.

However, this is a huge thing for Qin Province.

So, this scene happened now.

A dedicated car and the secretary will pick you up in person.

All kinds of thoughts kept coming to Wang Donglai's mind, wondering what he should do.

Xu Songyao's mood was most complicated at this time. He was happy for Wang Donglai, but also felt a little relieved and a little lost.

For a moment, the car was extremely quiet.

In this atmosphere, we soon arrived at our destination.

Under the guidance of Director Bai, Wang Donglai met the old man who was in charge of Qin Province.

At this moment, in this office, there is not only the old man who is in charge of Qin Province, but also another person.

"Wang Donglai, right? I heard from Xu Songyao that you also wrote an article about the planning of high-tech development in Qin Province. Did you bring it with you?"

As soon as they met, Shen Ping, who was in charge of Qin Province, asked this question directly.

Wang Donglai did not hesitate and immediately replied, "I brought it."

As he said that, he handed over the documents that Xu Songyao had given him in the car.

Shen Ping didn't say anything else, just opened the file and started reading.

Wang Donglai sat aside, waiting quietly.

At this time, Hu Jun spoke up and said, "Wang Donglai, can we talk about the future development direction of batteries after lithium-sulfur batteries? You don't have to think too much, just tell me your ideas."

Wang Donglai didn’t know Hu Jun, but since Hu Jun could appear here and talk to him without restraint, his status must be high.

So, after this thought flashed through his mind, Wang Donglai said: "Although lithium-sulfur batteries perform better than the current ternary lithium batteries, they are still far from achieving qualitative change. I think the next step will be semi-solid batteries, solid-state batteries, and then later, either other batteries with better performance, or bio-batteries."

After finishing his speech, Wang Donglai added, "Perhaps in the future, when controlled nuclear fusion technology matures, humans will no longer lack energy."

Hu Jun was not satisfied with Wang Donglai's answer, so he asked: "Why is it a semi-solid-state battery first, and not a solid-state battery directly?"

After taking a look at Hu Jun, Wang Donglai felt somewhat confused. He wondered whether Hu Jun understood technology or not and what he should say.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Technological breakthroughs are traceable. Solid-state batteries are a completely different technology route compared to current batteries. Although they have better performance, they are also more difficult to develop. So in my opinion, the solid-state battery route is right, but it will not be achieved overnight. Most likely, we will start from semi-solid state, polish the technology bit by bit, and finally complete the solid-state battery development."

Hu Jun nodded and continued, "Then according to your estimation, how long do you think it will take to develop semi-solid batteries?"

"It could take one or two days at the fastest, or ten or fifteen years at the slowest."

Wang Donglai replied.

Hu Jun didn't expect Wang Donglai to answer like this, and was stunned for a moment.

Then, after reacting, he turned to Wang Dong and said, "From what I heard from you, it seems that you are very confident in solid-state batteries. Can you tell me more about it?"

Wang Dong looked at Shen Ping who was still reading the document, then looked at Hu Jun, cleared his throat and said, "I don't need to explain the excellent performance of solid-state batteries in detail. I want to talk about it from another perspective."

"Right now, no matter in academia or related companies, their patent applications for solid-state batteries cannot match those of the Sakura Country. The Sakura Country next door has taken a leading position in the competition to develop the next generation of electric vehicle power sources. Toyota, which ranks first, has more than 800 patents, four times as many as the second place. However, Panasonic, which ranks second, has more than 200 patents. Among the top five companies in the world, the first four are from the Sakura Country, and the fourth is still from the neighboring Kimchi Country."

"The number of patent applications for key solid-state battery technologies worldwide is 10254, while our country has less than 1000, and most of them can barely be called key technologies."

"Given the nature of the Sakura Country, if they dominate solid-state batteries, the same situation will happen again. The Sakura Country will use patents to turn us into a resource-rich country and a dumping country, and the vast majority of profits will be taken away by them."

"If we don't occupy the high ground of technology, others will occupy it, and then they will naturally strangle us."

When Wang Donglai said this, Shen Ping also turned his head and glanced at Wang Donglai.

"Well, this is the first time I've heard of the situation you mentioned."

Hu Jun's eyes became serious and he nodded slightly without saying anything more.

But Wang Dong could see that Hu Jun had already remembered what he had said.

After that, Hu Jun seemed to have lost interest in talking and did not talk to Wang Dong again.

This wait lasted for twenty minutes.

Shen Ping finally put down the document in his hand and asked calmly, "Your article is well written and the blueprint you outline is very exciting, but it is a bit too idealistic."

"Giving up real estate, focusing on developing high-tech, and using technological innovation as a driving force to drive industrial upgrading and adjustment sounds good, but the feasibility is very low."

"The high-tech industries you mentioned in this article, such as the semiconductor industry, are all industries that rely heavily on high-tech talents. If they want to scale up, the investment required is huge. I can't just change the policy based on your article."

“It requires a lot of investment, a long cycle, and a lot of risk!”

"Well, I'll give you five minutes. If you can give me a convincing reason, I can keep this article."

As a frontier official, Shen Ping naturally possessed an awe-inspiring aura, and when he said this, it was natural that some of it was revealed.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have been uneasy a long time ago.

But Wang Donglai still remained calm and indifferent.

"Thank you for the opportunity."

"We cannot remain the world's factory forever. Industrial upgrading and adjustment are inevitable."

"Since joining the WTO, our country has gradually become a global processing center and world factory, and the products we manufacture are circulated around the world, bringing in a huge amount of foreign exchange."

"But behind this is the hollowing out of countless rural areas. Young people have joined factories and are using their sweat and blood to keep this world factory running. It is undeniable that our country's development in recent years has shocked the world and is a great achievement. However, what cannot be changed is the one-way flow of cheap rural land and cheap labor under the urban-rural dual structure. Countless migrant workers have gone to cities to build cities and create wealth."

"There are pros and cons. As cities become more prosperous and data is rising, various problems such as rural hollowing out, left-behind children, and elderly care emerge."

"More seriously, the hollowing out of the rural areas, which is the largest reservoir for our country's consumption, food, and people's livelihood, and has a population of 600 million, is even more serious."

"Real estate is indeed a good development path. With just a piece of paper, a large amount of funds can be gathered and construction and development can be carried out in a big way."

"But the price behind this is overdrawing the development potential for the next 30 years."

"Back to the foreword, our country cannot always play the role of the world's factory, and it is impossible to develop low-end industries forever. Our people will not and cannot be willing to work hard in such sweatshops forever to earn hard-earned money, so industrial upgrading is both natural and inevitable!"

"The world's manufacturing center has shifted from Europe and the United States to the Sakura Country, and then to our country. This has been going on for decades, and a generation has devoted themselves to this."

"Workers in Europe and the United States want high wages and high benefits, but low-end industries cannot satisfy them, so they can only upgrade the industrial chain. Low-end industries have moved to the Sakura Country, and the Sakura Country has also experienced this. With high wages and high benefits, the manufacturing center and the world's factory have become our country. This is a historical necessity."

"So, in my opinion, it is time for us to upgrade our industry, rather than follow the historical development trend, because by then, the price we pay will inevitably be greater than it is now."

"The combined population of Europe, America and Sakura Country is only slightly larger than our country. The resources in this world are constant and limited. It is already very difficult to provide people in countries like Europe and America with high welfare and high quality of life. If all the people in our country are to live such a life, the resources required will be enormous."

"If someone sits in the sedan chair, someone else will carry it. If we want to live a happy life in the new era, then the resources that developed countries such as Europe and the United States can enjoy will be greatly reduced, so these developed countries will definitely not be willing to do so."

"Sanctions, blockades, censorship, increased tariffs, trade protectionism, and commercial persecution will all come naturally."

"Right now, we still have time to adjust."

"I know that my boss may think that I am just daydreaming or exaggerating, but I am determined to make my ideas come true and I will work hard for them."

"Our nation is hardworking and brave, but looking through history books, we don't see many years of good life. I hope that in the new era, this situation can be changed. Good days should get better day by day, and should be compared with the same era, not with the past."

"For thousands of years, our ancestors have always been at the top of their time. It doesn't make sense that we, the younger generation, are not as good as our ancestors today. I believe that making our nation and country rich and powerful again is a thought buried deep in the hearts of every Chinese."

"The road is long and long, and I will search up and down!"

The words are sonorous and powerful, and they have a sound when they hit the ground.

At this moment, Wang Donglai's passionate voice echoed in the huge office.

Hu Jun's expression moved slightly, as if he was shocked and seemed to appreciate it.

Shen Ping's face was calm and he was silent for a long time before he spoke:
(End of this chapter)